AE 3621 - Basic Principles of Illumination and Communications

• Produce and interpret drawings for telecommunications, data, security, phone, fire alarm, sound & time systems
• Understand the basics of vision
• Properly apply types of lights, including incandescent, fluorescent, and HID lighting systems
• Properly select illumination requirements for a variety of buildings and spaces
• Calculate the illumination levels using the zonal cavity method
• Calculate the illumination levels using the point method
• Calculate the illumination levels using the Visual Basic method
• Properly select the proper number of fixtures per circuit

• Basic mathematics-pre-college level
• Basic wiring calculations from AE 3612  

• Low Voltage wiring (3 classes)
• Data (1 class)
• Security (1 class)
• Telephone (1 class)
• Fire Alarm (1 class)
• Sound (1 class)
• Time (1 class)
• Automation (1 class)
• Vision (1 class)
• Light measurement (3 classes)
• Illumination requirements (2 classes)
• Zonal Cavity (3 classes)
• Point Method (1 class)
• Visual Basic (1 class)
• Daylight (1 class)
• Comm 63 (1 class)
• Controls (1 class)
• Emergency lighting (1 class)
• Outdoor lighting (1 class)
• Design (10 classes)
• Exams & Review (3 classes)